Difference between revisions of "Tradescantia spathacea"
Prodr. 57. 1788.
FNA>Volume Importer |
imported>Volume Importer |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
}} | }} | ||
|common_names=Moses-in-the-cradle;oyster-plant;boat-lily | |common_names=Moses-in-the-cradle;oyster-plant;boat-lily | ||
| + | |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status | ||
| + | |code=W | ||
| + | |label=Weedy | ||
| + | }}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status | ||
| + | |code=I | ||
| + | |label=Introduced | ||
| + | }} | ||
|basionyms= | |basionyms= | ||
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym | |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
|name=Rhoeo discolor | |name=Rhoeo discolor | ||
|authority=(L'Héritier) Hance ex Walpers | |authority=(L'Héritier) Hance ex Walpers | ||
| + | |rank=species | ||
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym | }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
|name=Rhoeo spathacea | |name=Rhoeo spathacea | ||
|authority=(Swartz) Stearn | |authority=(Swartz) Stearn | ||
| + | |rank=species | ||
}} | }} | ||
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia spathacea | |hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia spathacea | ||
| Line 29: | Line 38: | ||
|habitat=Occasionally escaped to hammocks and weedy places | |habitat=Occasionally escaped to hammocks and weedy places | ||
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America. | |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America. | ||
| + | |introduced=true | ||
|discussion=<p><i>Tradescantia spathacea</i> is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.</p> | |discussion=<p><i>Tradescantia spathacea</i> is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.</p> | ||
|tables= | |tables= | ||
| Line 38: | Line 48: | ||
-->{{#Taxon: | -->{{#Taxon: | ||
name=Tradescantia spathacea | name=Tradescantia spathacea | ||
| − | |||
|authority=Swartz | |authority=Swartz | ||
|rank=species | |rank=species | ||
| Line 52: | Line 61: | ||
|publication title=Prodr. | |publication title=Prodr. | ||
|publication year=1788 | |publication year=1788 | ||
| − | |special status= | + | |special status=Weedy;Introduced |
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_587.xml |
|genus=Tradescantia | |genus=Tradescantia | ||
|species=Tradescantia spathacea | |species=Tradescantia spathacea | ||
Latest revision as of 20:32, 5 November 2020
Herbs, erect or ascending, rarely rooting at nodes. Stems unbranched, short. Leaves spirally arranged; blade usually abaxially purple, adaxially green, strap-shaped, to 35 × 5 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), leathery, succulent, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, sessile, or pedunculate in axils well below shoot apex, cymes enclosed in pairs of boat-shaped spathes. Flowers distinctly pedicillate; pedicels glabrous; sepals distinct, white, 3–6 mm, glabrous; petals distinct, white, ovate, not clawed; stamens free; filaments bearded. Capsules 3- or (by abortion) 2-locular, 3–4 mm. Seeds 1 per locule, 3–4 mm. 2n = 12 (Belize).
Phenology: Flowering winter (Jan).
Habitat: Occasionally escaped to hammocks and weedy places
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America.
Discussion
Tradescantia spathacea is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
Selected References
None.